This Is Hastings is very excited to announce that on Saturday 2nd March, Melt Yourself Down are back in Hastings @ The Printworks for another dose of colour and noise. With intense, sweaty funk, uplifting horns and blistering Nubian drums, this tightly drilled unit will make you move. only a few tickets remaining @ DYKE &

This Is Hastings is very excited to announce that on Saturday December 22nd, for one night only The Printworks will be transformed into a Winter Wonderland! We’re teaming up with Dyke & Dean to put on the ultimate Christmas Party for the good people of Hastings. Tickets will be available to buy in Dyke &

After a last minute invite via Twitter, This Is Hastings wasn’t sure what to expect from Fish In A Dish. But on arrival at The Bridge community centre, and seeing the local legends Tush & Pat’s sweet ride parked up outside, we knew we were in good hands! Over the next hour and a half,

This Is Hastings caught up with local talent Derek Brown at his fantastic house in the heart of the Old Town for a chat. Not only owner of famed dog Brock, Derek works as a production designer for such television programmes as The Apprentice and Four Rooms – having designed Sir Alan Sugar’s actual boardroom!

Summer has officially arrived, and This Is Hastings likes to travel in style. The very nice folks at APN (A Public Nuisance) kindly lent us a couple of their longboards to take for a spin down the seafront. Based in Hastings and London APN have launched a new line of boards created from reconditioned vintage

This Is Hastings was stopped on George Street, instructed to make haste towards The Optical Lounge and meet a very interesting chap by the name of Haydn Cornner … so we did! Born in 1961 above his Grandmother’s haberdashery shop in Tunbridge Wells., Haydn comes from a painting family (his mum painted Subbuteo men.) He

If you were to Google search Leigh Dyer, you would be presented with two options – fictional, busty blonde Baywatch babe, or incredibly talented Hastings’ metal sculptor – This Is Hastings caught up with the latter for a quick natter … Walking around Hastings and St Leonards, you would be hard pressed not to have

After an afternoon of political cake decorating, This Is Hastings returned to The Stade come the evening to find a yurt surrounded by blankets, a drumming troop and saxophonists. We had happened up The Sharing Blanket Unplugged.

With the video highlights edited, This Is Hastings is all Jack-ed out for another year – but what an excellent time we have had! We danced at The Drum Off, met a headless mermaid, ate some amazing street eats, witnessed the releasing and the slaying of The Jack (not to mention the mighty procession in